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This is a summary of 1978 in music in the United Kingdom. ==Events== *14 January - The Sex Pistols play their final show (until a reunion in 1996). *24 January - Wings' "Mull of Kintyre" makes No.1 for its ninth (and final) week - becoming the biggest-selling single in UK history at that point. *25 January - Electric Light Orchestra kick off their ''Out of the Blue'' world tour in Honolulu, Hawaii. *11 March - Kate Bush becomes the first female solo artist to reach number one in the UK charts with a self-written song ("Wuthering Heights"). *25 May - The Who play their last show with Keith Moon. *30 July – Thin Lizzy officially announces that Gary Moore has replaced Brian Robertson on guitar. *18 August - The Who release their eighth studio ''Who Are You''. It is The Who's last album with Keith Moon as the drummer; Moon died twenty days after the release of this album. *27 November - Def Leppard's permanent drummer Rick Allen joins the band at the age of 15. *The Bee Gees' ''Saturday Night Fever'' becomes the biggest-selling album of all time (until overtaken in 1983). *Operatic contralto Helen Watts is awarded the CBE. *Multitone Records is founded by Pranil Gohil and specializing in bhangra style music. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1978 in British music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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